As part of the overhaul, the health ministry would assume responsibility for cutting smoking. (sciencemag.org)
The mayor wanted an end to vacancy decontrol as part of an overhaul of rent regulations; the legislature will merely bump up the rent at which a landlord can remove an apartment from regulation. (observer.com)
Making the tax rate in New York more progressive would be part of an overhaul economic rejiggering that could be in store for the proposed 2012 - 13 budget, the paper reported. (nystateofpolitics.com)